Giffari Naufal Arisma Putra

Giffari Naufal Arisma Putra (born July 2, 2006) is a media entrepreneur, student, and writer from Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. He is the founder as well as the CEO of PT Lifeat News Indonesia (Life at News), a company engaged in the media sector. In addition, he also serves as editor-in-chief of Life at News.

Biography

Giffari is the second of three siblings. He was born in the city of Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on Sunday, July 2, 2006, to Munawir Haris and Baiq Halimah. He has two biological siblings, namely Rizky Akbar Pratama (older brother) and Ahmad Zayyat Mirza (younger brother).

Entrepreneur

Giffari Naufal Arisma Putra was born in the city of Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Since childhood, precisely when he was still in elementary school at SD Negeri 1 Kuripan, Giffari had already shown an interest in the world of business. He started selling small items, such as fireworks during the month of Ramadan, as well as lottery draws containing simple prizes.

On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, Giffari established a sole proprietorship as a birthday gift for himself. The company was named PT Lomnusra Indonesia Group, a company engaged in several lines of business. The name Lomnusra is derived from the words Lombok Nusa Tenggara (Lomnusra).

On Sunday, November 3, 2024, Giffari carried out the first transformation of his company. He changed PT Lomnusra Indonesia Group into PT Giffari Group Indonesia, making it a company that operates as a holding company.

On Sunday, February 23, 2025, Giffari once again transformed his company for the second time. He changed PT Giffari Group Indonesia into PT Thema Ritelia Mallindo and directed it to become a company engaged in the retail sector.

On Tuesday, March 25, 2025, Giffari once again transformed his company for the third time. He changed PT Thema Ritelia Mallindo into PT Lifeat News Indonesia (Life at News), making it a company engaged in the media sector.

PT Lifeat News Indonesia (Life at News), which is the result of the transformation from PT Thema Ritelia Mallindo, is used by Giffari as the business entity for his media outlet, Life at News, a media platform founded by Giffari on Friday, October 4, 2024.

Giffari began his media business at the start of senior high school, precisely when he was in grade 10 at SMA Negeri 1 Mataram. Life at News is the last media outlet Giffari founded, after previously establishing many various kinds of media platforms, but all had failed. As of (March 25, 2025), Life at News is the only media platform that has survived and is the last one he founded, which continues to grow.

As of (March 25, 2025), Giffari leads Life at News as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Editor-in-Chief.

Higer Education

On Wednesday, May 14, 2025, Giffari officially completed his upper secondary education and graduated from SMA Negeri 1 Mataram.

In continuing his education to the Strata 1 (S1) level, Giffari took part in various entrance selection pathways to public universities (PTN), but was not declared passed in those pathways. He also took part in several independent selections, both at public and private universities (PTS).

Through the National Selection Based on Achievement (SNBP) pathway, Giffari was not declared passed in the announcement on March 18, 2025. In this selection, he chose the University of Indonesia (UI) with Management as his primary choice.

Then, in the National Selection Based on Test (SNBT–UTBK) pathway, Giffari again was not declared passed in the announcement on May 28, 2025. In this pathway, he chose two study programs, namely Management at the University of Indonesia and the School of Business and Management (SBM) at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB).

In addition, Giffari took part in the New Student Admission (Penmaba) pathway through report card selection at the State University of Jakarta (UNJ), with Management and Law Science as his selected majors, but was not declared passed.

He also tried the independent selection through the Achievement and Equal Opportunity Program (PPKB) at the University of Indonesia, choosing the major in Business Administration. However, based on the selection results announced on Monday, June 16, 2025, Giffari was again not accepted at the University of Indonesia.

Finally, Giffari decided to register independently at a private university, and chose the S1 Business Management major at Bina Nusantara University (BINUS). This university is known as the best private university in Indonesia, and ranks second as the best national university according to the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings 2025, below the University of Indonesia.

On Tuesday, June 17, 2025, Giffari was declared passed in the entrance selection at BINUS University, majoring in Business Management (S1). Currently, Giffari is officially a student and is pursuing higher education at BINUS University.

Family

Small Family of Giffari Naufal Arisma Putra

Giffari is the second of three siblings born to Munawir Haris (father), who is a politician, entrepreneur, and lawyer from Lombok who once served as a member of the Regional People’s Representative Council (DPRD) of West Lombok Regency for the 2009–2014 period from the National Awakening of Ulama Party (PKNU), and Baiq Halimah (mother), who is a Level III Civil Servant (Eselon III) in the government of West Lombok Regency. Giffari has two siblings, namely Rizky Akbar Pratama (older brother) and Ahmad Zayyat Mirza (younger brother).

Organization

In 2023, Giffari joined as a member of the youth wing political organization of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), namely Banteng Muda Indonesia (BMI).

Senior High School

Official Portrait of Giffari Naufal Arisma Putra with Classmates and Homeroom Teacher of 12 Social 3

Giffari attended high school at SMA Negeri 1 Mataram, which is located in the capital city of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), namely Mataram City, for three years, from 2022 to 2025. In 10th grade, Giffari was in class X-11. In 11th grade, he was in class XI IPS 3. Then, in 12th grade, he was in class XII IPS 3. In class XII IPS 3, Giffari had 35 classmates and a female homeroom teacher.

Education

• Kuripan 1 Public Elementary School (2013–2019)
• West Lombok 1 State Islamic Junior High School (2019–2022)
• Mataram 1 Public Senior High School (2022–2025)
• Bina Nusantara University (2025-present)

Gallery

Giffari Naufal Arisma Putra

Giffari Naufal Arisma Putra

Giffari Naufal Arisma Putra